Singer/actress Reiner dies

The singer/actress, wife of funnyman Carl Reiner and mother of actor/director Rob Reiner, passed away at her home in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles on Tuesday (25Oct08).

She became a Hollywood legend for her cameo role in the 1989 romantic comedy in which she uttered the immortal line to a waiter at a New York delicatessen after Meg Ryan's character faked an orgasm.

The fame which followed Reiner's appearance in the film was a huge boost to her career as a jazz singer. She went on to record six albums and continued recording and performing until as recently as last year (07).

Reiner is survived by her husband and three children. The cause of death had not been released as WENN went to press.